Description:
Our Lady of Lourdes is currently seeking a passionate Diversity teacher to join our school community on an ongoing full-time basis.
- Primary K-6 Diversity Teacher
- Start date: Term 2 , 2024
- Ongoing full-time
About us
At Our Lady of Lourdes, we provide a dynamic learning environment that caters to the needs of all students. Our motto, “Innovative learning in a changing world” prompts us to create a wide range of educational experiences for our students using the latest technology and the best of today’s teaching methods. We believe in offering a balanced education that allows every student to develop a talent or discover an interest with many exciting extracurricular opportunities available.
About the opportunity
We’re currently seeking a passionate Diversity teacher to join our school community on an ongoing full-time basis. The successful person will work with our dynamic teaching team and have a clear and shared focus on enhancing the learning of all students.
- Promote meaningful and age appropriate learning for all students
- Maintain safe and inclusive learning environments and implement fair and equitable behaviour management plans
- Work collaboratively to plan and implement school programs with a diversity perspective
- Assist the classroom teacher in identifying and prioritising vulnerable students
- Assist and support Case Management processes and implement strategies that derive from them
- Model inclusive teaching practices in order to build the capacity of classroom teachers
- Work collaboratively within the learning space to build the capacity of students to participate and succeed in regular classroom activities
- Assist with the delivery of professional learning opportunities for all staff in their field of expertise
- Perform specific tasks as directed by the principal and their delegate
Qualifications and accreditations
- Compliance with NSW Child Protection Legislation - Working with Children Check clearance
- Eligibility according to the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)
- Tertiary Qualification in Education/Teaching
- Statements of Service
The benefits
There are so many great things that Our Lady of Lourdes has to offer! As a valued OLOL employee, you can benefit from up to 25% off school fees for your children enrolled in our school. But that's not all. We offer:
- Competitive remuneration
- Wellbeing initiatives and resources
- Extensive growth and development opportunities
- Cultural leave for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander employees
- State-of-the-art facilities
The successful candidate
The successful candidate will:
- Have an understanding of contemporary approaches for primary years learners
- Have Knowledge of the content and sequence of Key Learning Areas
- Be knowledgeable on a variety of online and multimedia programs to support student learning
- Have the ability to make content meaningful to students at different levels
- Have a willingness to learn and a commitment to your own professional development
- Have well-developed communication, administration and interpersonal skills
- Have a natural aptitude and drive to work with and within a collaborative team environment
- Structure lessons to meet the physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of each student
- Create and maintain a safe, inclusive and challenging learning environment and implement fair and equitable behaviour management plans.
- Interpret and use student assessment data to diagnose barriers to learning and to challenge students to improve their performance
- Effectively manage the learning cycle, including planning for learning and assessment, developing learning programs, teaching, assessing and providing feedback on student learning and reporting to parents/carers
- Engage with our school community within and beyond the classroom to enrich the educational context for students
Interested?
Apply today!
This position involves working with children. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening for child-related employment including the completion of a National Police Check, retention of a valid Working with Children Check. For more information, please visit The Office of The Children’s Guardian here.
CSPD promotes the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and those from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well as people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds.